New Delhi (India): Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra slammed the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) government and the police in Uttar Pradesh over the Chinmayanand case today, saying they were repeating the "negligence" shown and "protection" given to the accused in the Unnao rape case.
Her allegations came a day after the student, who has levelled rape charges against former Union minister Swami Chinmayanand, threatened to set herself on fire if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader was not arrested immediately.
The student also asked if the government was waiting for her to die even after her statement was recorded before a magistrate.
"The consequences of the BJP government and police's negligence and protection to the accused in the Unnao rape case are in front of everyone," Priyanka Gandhi said in a tweet in Hindi.
"Now, the BJP government and police are repeating the same in the Shahjahanpur case. The victim is in fear. But do not know what the BJP government is waiting for," the Congress general secretary in-charge eastern Uttar Pradesh added.
The police had earlier registered a case of criminal intimidation and abduction on a complaint lodged by the student's father.
Later, the student, who studied in a college run by an organisation led by the BJP leader, also accused him of rape and "physical exploitation" for over a year.
On Monday, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the case had taken the woman to a court for recording of her statement before Judicial Magistrate Geetika Singh.
The SIT has examined principals of the two colleges, besides their two staffers, where the girl studied.
The student had on Saturday has given a pen drive containing 43 videos to the SIT to support her allegations after the sleuths asked her to submit whatever evidence she had against the former Union minister.
The SIT had taken the woman to Chinmayanand's bedroom last week to collect evidence.
In the Unnao case, expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar has been accused of rape by a 19-year-old woman.
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